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New Home permits hammer out 3 1/2 year high
There’s no crystal ball economists can use to forecast the future (in fact, their pronouncements are often so vague you’d think they were using a recently-shaken snow globe).
To search for new homes for sale in Columbus, GA click New Homes in Columbus, GA. To search all listed properties for sale in Columbus, GA click Property Search. While the Columbus, GA housing market isn't as bad as some it still may be headed for brighter days if we look for guidance from the people who back their words with action: U.S. builders.
The great news came out in April 2012 release from the Commerce Department: more permits for beginning work on new homes and apartment complexes were requested in March than for any other month in the last three and a half years! This means that somebody – or, better said, a great many some bodies -- expect demand for new housing to go in the right direction.
They expect this to happen at a rate that is more than 30% higher than the same month a year ago, and that’s the kind of jump that should send a message to those (investors, bankers, economists) who rely on those building permit numbers to tell them ... more

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